Health Solutions Pakistan successfully convened a landmark National Consultative Meeting on 1st July 2026 in collaboration with AJ Vaccines in Islamabad on Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy (TPT) and Tuberculin Skin Testing (TST), bringing together senior policymakers, National and Provincial TB Program leadership, UNOPS, Stop TB Partnership, Health Services Academy, professional medical societies, leading clinicians, researchers, academia, and international development partners to shape the future of tuberculosis prevention in Pakistan. The consultative forum generated strong national consensus that achieving the WHO End TB Strategy requires a transformative shift from disease management to disease prevention through evidence-based implementation of TPT supported by systematic TST. The meeting facilitated high-level scientific dialogue, reviewed global and national evidence, identified critical operational priorities, strengthened multisectoral partnerships, and laid the foundation for implementation research, policy advancement, workforce capacity development, and sustainable program scale-up. By creating an unprecedented platform for collaboration between government, academia, healthcare institutions, and international experts, Health Solutions Pakistan reaffirmed its leadership in driving evidence-informed public health policy and accelerating Pakistan’s journey toward a stronger, more resilient, and prevention-focused National TB Program.
